| 释义 |
nossir Chiefly U.S. colloq.|nəʊˈsɜː(r)|
Also no sir.
[Corruption of no sir.]
A formula of emphatic denial or refusal: certainly not. Cf. no siree.
1856Knickerbocker XLVII. 544 Examiner: Has it effected that object? Student: No, Sir-r-r! I don't think it has. 1930I. Low His Master's Voice ii. 15 Most of his replies to questions were in the nature of ‘Yessir!’ ‘Nossir!’ or their present-day Russian equivalent. 1932Mrs. P. Campbell Let. 29 Mar. in B. Shaw & Mrs. Campbell (1952) 298 Please don't think..that I am such a foolish creature as to look upon these letters as bouquets to me ‘No, Sir’—as the Americans say, with the accent on the ‘sir’. 1939A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. iv. 43 She really cared for her old Uncle Jo, and cared for him, what was more, not merely as an old uncle—no, sir. 1955Pohl & Kornbluth Space Merchants xv. 156 ‘I want to look at your books.’ He shook his head emphatically. ‘Nossir. Only the old man himself gets to see the books.’ 1968E. McGirr Lead-lined Coffin ii. 51 Joe Silverman don't like his neck being breathed down. Nossir. 1970R. Crawford Kiss Boss Goodbye ii. ii. 64 ‘Nobody gave you an answer?’ ‘Nossir,’ Dell said. 1973Listener 19 Apr. 501/3 In Texas, do you think they're going to inquire about the hanging of the venison..? No, sir. They wonder if there's any shepherd's pie. |